What It Takes to Build a Company: Life, Risks, and Lessons From Two Founders | Arpita & Ananda
The Neon Show
- Published
- December 18, 2025
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- 1h 7m
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- Last updated
- Aug 23, 2026
Discusses Founders are often seen as superhumans. In this new series, we look at the humans behind the superhu…
Summary
Founders are often seen as superhumans. In this new series, we look at the humans behind the superhuman journey. The thrill of building, the guilt of missing out, the learnings, the failures, and why they still do it and would do it all over again.Arpita is a second-time founder, now building Mysa. Her first startup, Mech Mocha, was acquired by Flipkart. …
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Founders are often seen as superhumans. In this new series, we look at the humans behind the superhuman journey. The thrill of building, the guilt of missing out, the learnings, the failures, and why they still do it and would do it all over again.Arpita is a second-time founder, now building Mysa. Her first startup, Mech Mocha, was acquired by Flipkart. Ananda is the Co-Founder and CTO of Astra Security. They are building in two different spaces, finance and cybersecurity, but the journeys are